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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






2. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






3. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






4. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






5. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






6. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






7. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






8. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






9. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






10. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






11. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






12. Where the revolving door was fully developed






13. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






14. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






15. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






16. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






17. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






18. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






19. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






20. Technique of shading using dots to control value






21. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






22. Creates blue dye






23. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






24. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






25. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






26. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






27. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






28. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






29. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






30. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






31. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






32. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






33. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






34. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






35. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






36. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






37. Known for his glass sculpture






38. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






39. Pale green






40. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






41. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






42. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






43. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






44. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






45. The amount of light reflected by a hue






46. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






47. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






48. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






49. Renowned for paintings and prints






50. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video